A critical examination of Iran's student achievement evaluation subsystem from educational evaluation system perspective

The subsystem of student achievement evaluation in our country formally established with approvement of the first regulation of school examinations in Iran's education system. Investigating regulations and the explanation of responsibilities of organizations related to this subsystem indicates that the policy makers and decision makers of the country's evaluation system have paid attention to evaluation of educational system in a way similar to the student's achievement evaluation. With changes in structure and programs of educational system, attention to educational evaluation became less prominent and on the contrary, achievement evaluation subsystem became more prominent. In this paper, we are mainly concerned with following through the changes in achievement evaluation subsystem.